RA 259.7199° · Dec 6.0854° · star
2 more points to reach Common.
HR 6434 is a trash variable star. It lies about 539.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Oph, shines at apparent magnitude 6.51 and has spectral type F0n.
Its spectrum reads F0n — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HR 6434 in the constellation Oph. At apparent magnitude 6.51, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HR 6434 is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
HR 6434 scores 13 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Variable star, Yellow-white F-type star, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) and A named variable star — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.